The twenty-two Major Arcana cards in the Tarot system are powerful and potent symbols and archetypes that reflect vital stages of evolutionary consciousness within an individual. This ancient work has been with us for centuries and is thought to be a divine mirror to the soul holding diverse images and myths for personal reflection. Combining this wisdom with healing, body work, and flower essences one is able to weave together a strong network of wellness that enables one to work between the inner realm of unconscious forces and the outer world of the conscious body form.
Using a deck of cards that you enjoy the pictures of, (the images are very important), sort out the twenty-two major arcana cards and use them separately as a unique deck for this exercise.
After attuning to the Tarot and the spirit helpers who protect and overlight it's divine guidance, fan the cards into an arch, face down and choose a card. This card is a mirror of your unconscious. Then pick up the cards, shuffle them with love, and fan them again, this time face up. As you peer down at the various images, choose one image that appeals to you the most. This card represents your conscious life.
Use these two images as teachers. They serve as a bridge between your inner and outer self. Check the list below and see if there are one or two flower essences associated with your card that resonate with you. You might like to take the flower essences associated with the unconscious card at night to aid dreaming and journeying and the essences associated with the conscious card during waking hours. It can be very nice to place this images up on your alter or in a sacred space for a time in order that their message and healing can protect you.
I have worked with this system for some time and find it very effective in tracing the archetypal patterns that we play out in body, mind, and soul. This exercise helps us to identify core issues, and by doing so, allows us to lovingly release them. What follows is a brief description of the cards and the flowers which correlate with each image. Have fun.
The Fool: Unexpected occurrences in ones life. Meeting the unknown. Shock. Surprise. Irritability.
Aspen: anxiety for unknown reasons.
Chamomile: Calming and relaxing.
Walnut: Transition. Setting out on ones own path.
Rescue Remedy: Shock.
Impatiens: Feeling too hurried and anxious. Needing to know results but feels out of control.
The Magician: Creativity is in the air. One seeks clarity and action.
Larch: confidence in ones creative ability.
Iris: soul imbued forces at work. Artistic impulses.
Madia: Concentration and focus.
Cosmos: focusing and visualizing. seeing the maniacal of opportunity.
The High Priestess: Opening to inspiration and intuition. Receptive. Checking higher values. Could be vulnerable.
Star Tulip: overcoming blockages to spiritual receptivity.
Lotus: enhancing spiritual awareness.
White Chestnut: stilling the mind so one can hear into the silence.
Sage: inner peace and reflection.
Empress: Issues of abundance. Creativity. Body image. Expression of love.
Alpine: feeling disconnected from the female body. helps to integrate.
Manzanita: learning to feel at home in the female body. emotional nourishment.
Pomegranate: balances female energy. nourishes procreative forces.
The Emperor: One is seeking to understand power on a personal and collective basis. Watch for body rigidity or dogmas of the mind.
Chrysanthemum: work on balancing the drive for wealth and material success.
Saguaro: ancestral male lineage. conflict or abuse with father.
Vine: feeling a need to dominate.
Elm: helping to balance responsibility.
Tiger Lily: overly masculine.
The Hierophant: Moving from the material realm to the spiritual. Learning to bridge the Empress and Emperor in order to create a world of balance and higher order. Holiness.
Corn: spirituality which relates to both heaven and earth.
Quince: balancing the souls need to express both power and love.
Cerato: accepting and knowing inner power from inward truth.
The Lovers: Unity and wholeness emerges. New love. Sexuality. Divine Love.
Calla Lily: balances male and female forces.
Forget-Me-Not: understanding the deeper meaning of relationship.
Hibiscus: sexual integration.
Sticky Monkey Flower: for fear of intimacy.
The Chariot: Walking the middle road. Coming home to the soul. Inner research and meditation. Mastering opposites.
Sweet Pea: Need for roots and inner connectedness.
Quince: Balance the love forces with power forces.
Strength: One is opening the heart and learning the right use of power form the vantage point of higher wisdom. Right use of will.
Bleeding Heart: all levels of healing the heart. "a broken heart is an open heart"
Mountain Pride: use inner power to fight for what one knows to be true in ones heart.
Larkspur: exercises the power of relationship. charisma.
The Hermit-Crone: Inward pull. Feeling isolated. Meeting the inner mystery. Menopause.
Fawn Lily: prefers quiet meditation. could be out of balance with worldly involvement.
Sage: Wise Woman archetype. move into new aspects of self and life wisdom.
Scotch Broom: seeing difficulties as opportunities for service in a challenging world. (Snow White of the Inner Child Cards).
The Wheel of Fortune: Opening to a variety of experiences. Expansion. Change is in the air. New hope.
Indian Pink: maintaining centered attitude amidst confusion.
Scleranthus: to begin to understand choices.
Zinnia: joyful involvement in life.
Borage: faith. hope. courage.
Justice: Looking into matters of justice regarding personal truth as it is reflected in the culture. The mirror. Equality and fairness. The karmic wheel.
Calendula: inability to hear what others are saying and having a difficult time resolving difficulties.
Beech: negative image of others. prejudice.
Mountain Pride: taking a stand for truth and social justice.
The Hanged Man or One: Time to empty out and surrender to forces beyond ones control. Could be feeling martyred or victimized. Time for revelation.
Willow: seeing oneself as victim. blame.
Sagebrush: shedding false identity. releasing what is no longer essential to ones destiny.
Star Tulip: Spiritual purification
Morning Glory: awakening.
Passion Flower: Christ consciousness.
Death: Shedding the old. transformation. Dying to old structures. Actual dying process.
Angels Trumpet: ability to penetrate to the spiritual threshold.
Angelica: protection and guidance as one moves between worlds.
Cherry Plum: overcoming fear of losing control.
Oak: knowing when to let go of struggle.
Temperance: Learning the art of living as in the Socratic principle; all things in moderation. Balance. Grounding cosmic energy.
Vervain: to bring inner equanimity and moderation.
Scleranthus: restlessness. confusion.
Queen Annes Lace: to harmonize energy and psychic faculties.
Fawn Lily: balances between inner spirituality and outer communication.
Devil: A time to look at what one may be holding on to tightly. Looking at fears and worries. Chained emotions. Overly identified with the material plane.
Mountain Pennyroyal: purging the mind of negative thoughts.
Black Cohosh: transforming darker psychic energy.
Holly: for jealousy.
Vine: keeps one from dominating others.
The Tower: Breaking the structure. Feeling shattered from forces beyond control. Unexpected change that effect the outer world.
Scarlet Monkey Flower: fear and conflict about owning ones emotional power especially anger or rage.
Echinacea: feeling deeply shattered.
Lavender: shock to the nerves.
The Star: Initiation into a higher level of consciousness. The cosmic vision. Wishing. Dreaming. Rebirth.
Iris: Ability to create a chalice or inner vessel for receiving higher inspiration.
Yellow Star Tulip: Ability to perceive inner soul wisdom.
Moon: Entering the deep place of the inner womb. Feelings are felt, mothering is explored on all levels. Nurturance.
Mustard: clears depression.
Pretty Face: to bring inner radiance when one feels darkened or masked.
Honeysuckle: letting go of past.
Dandelion: release of feelings or integration of feelings of grief.
Mariposa Lily: mother bond
Sun: Opening the radiant self that is ready to shine, play, create. One feels ready to move toward soul purpose.
Sunflower: owning ones authority in the world with wisdom.
Buttercup: recognizing ones true worth.
Quince: actualizing self.
Zinnia: happy expression
Judgment: Strategy. Looking at ones choices and observing the outcome. Healing judgment.
Buttercup: for low self esteem;
Crab Apple: cleansing on all levels.
Rock Water: being very hard on oneself. too strict. too judgmental.
The World: How does one walk in the power of the world. Responsibility. Joy to be in service.
Sweet Pea: learning to relate with others. community. social bonding.
Blackberry: helps to manifest in the world.
Trillium: right use of power. helps to regulate greed.
Elm: helps one not feel overwhelmed when faced with new responsibilities.
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